May 10, 2010
Vol. 87 Issue 49
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A ‘special’ quarter-century Cal State Fullerton hosted the 25th Annual Kathleen E. Faley Special Games
New Childrens’ Center due in December
By Christa Connelly/Daily Titan Photo Editor Rabbits and birds that currently live in the Childrens’ Center will make the transition to the new location.
By Melissa Maldonado
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By Stephanie yu/For the Daily Titan Lili, a student at Philip J. Reilly Elementary, Special Education School, Mission Viejo, throws the ball in the hoop as Servite High School volunteers cheer her on.
By Brenna Phillips
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Thousands of community members rushed to Cal State Fullerton’s soccer fields on May 7 to commemorate the 25th annual Kathleen E. Faley Special Games. Over the years, The Special Games have evolved into one of the largest non-competitive events for disabled students, with more than 7,000 participants this year, made up of 2,500 special athletes, 3,500 high school volunteers and 1,000 school staff and community members. “It’s a very fun day and a chance for people to become much more aware of the folks in our society and community that have these kinds of special needs,” said Paul Miller, director of Disabled Stu-
dent Services at CSUF. The CSUF Special Games began as a class project by three public relations students in 1986 and has become the second-longest running event on campus. The first event included 60 special athletes and the CSUF football team as its original volunteers. It was later renamed for volunteer Kathleen E. Faley, a CSUF alumna and a sister of one of the three PR students, after she died in a car accident. “The Faley family has really adopted the Special Games as their family event,” said Miller, who has been involved since the event’s beginning. “They are a huge anchor for all the community volunteers that have become involved. It’s a way of keeping Kathleen’s memory alive.” The event also drew in members from the fire department, police department and military – who brought along their fire engines and police cars
for the children to roam around in – and featured live music, clowns, Tuffy the Titan and a barbeque lunch. “This is a great example of the campus and community partnerships that are important to CSUF,” Miller said. “We really value the opportunity to do this.” As the special athletes arrived on campus, they were greeted by cheers and were then paired with one or two high school students, who spent the day participating in sports ranging from track to basketball. “This is our first time here. I wanted my children to have outreach and to see that life throws you punches and you need to do the best that you can,” said Diana Brandt, an 8th grade teacher at St. Angelo’s Junior High. See GAMES, Page 2
Art raises trafficking awareness
The Childrens’ Center construction site is well underway, despite setbacks from the winter season’s rain. The $8 million project began in November of 2009 and is expected to be completed Dec. 13 of this year. Underground plumbing and electrical conduit has been installed and the concrete was poured April 16. In 1996, the student government ran a referendum and students voted to add an additional $10 to the semester fee to budget for a new center for the children. “Eight of that $10 went to the building fund,” said Betsy Gibbs, director of the Children’s Center. “However, as the fund grew, inflation took its toll, so even when the fund grew to $6 million, the cost of the building was outstripping it. We had to borrow the rest from ASI and we’ll have to repay them within the first years of operation. We did not do any external funding and we did not get any significant donations.” The Childrens’ Center, which has been assisting student parents since 1971, is currently in temporary buildings. See CENTER, Page 2
Vietnamese culture featured
By Allie Mosier & Brenna Phillips Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Project P.A.T.H.E. hosted the “Look Beneath the Surface” benefit May 7 in the Titan Student Union to raise awareness about human trafficking. “Our main goal is to spread awareness about human trafficking, help out people who have been trafficked and find preventive mechanisms to solve the problem,” said Karina Gutierrez, president of Project People Against Trafficking and Human Exploitation The total profits of human trafficking are estimated to be at least $32 billion per year, and has surpassed drugs and weapons trafficking, according to the International Labor Organization. “It’s such a huge problem, and most individuals don’t realize that we still have slavery in our world,” Gutierrez said. “We actually have more slaves today than ever before in history.” The event included two speakers, food, live music and a silent auction featuring art from former Project P.A.T.H.E. members. The presentations were by Sandie Morgan, the founder of the OC Human Trafficking Task Force, and Jeffrey Kottler, professor of counseling at Cal State Fullerton. Each described their individual work with victims of sex trafficking. “I saw Dr. Kottler’s workshop at the Women Against Violence Conference and it was very powerful,” Gutierrez said. “I was able to see that the money
By Michael Arellano/Daily Titan Staff Writer Vietnamese students shared their culture as they strung out traditional melodies on their Dan Buas and Dan Nguyet. By brenna phillips/Daily Titan Staff Writer Project P.A.T.H.E. members donate their art for the benefit’s silent auction. The project aims to inform about the growth of human trafficking and its negative role as modern day slavery.
does go directly to the girls and that’s what pushed me into deciding that the proceeds will be going to him.” More than 80 percent of the proceeds from the benefit will be donated to Kottler’s Empower Nepali Girls Foundation, which aims to prevent sex trafficking by educating potential sex trafficking victims and keeping them in school through scholarships. Currently, 103 Nepali girls are being supported by Kottler’s foundation and are being provided with the means to improve their written literacy, computer literacy and prepare themselves for a university education. “So many girls are dependent on our ongoing support,” Kottler said. “We’re trying to change this culture to value girls. I want people to know that it’s easy to make a difference and start your own mission or movement to help people.” Kottler explained in his presentation that it only takes $100 to pay for a Nepali child’s education, which
is a key component to stop girls as young as 8 yeas old from being sold into slavery. All of the donations he receives are used to support the girls and Kottler encourages those who are skeptical about donating money to travel with him to Nepal. “The goal is that we’re trying to touch people’s hearts – not just touch the hearts of girls but that the girls will touch the hearts of volunteers,” Kottler said. “There’s nobody who goes to Nepal that returns the same person.” The foundation is recruiting volunteers to help support the current 103 girls and is hoping to add another 20 girls to the scholarship fund this year. For more information about volunteering visit www.empowernepaligirls.org “I feel empowered and I want to go with Dr. Kottler to Nepal now,” said Shelly Villalobos, a 22-yearold sociology major. “This event has really opened up my eyes.”
By Michael Arellano
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Lion dancers, Opera singers and martial art specialists were only a few of the acts that Cal State Fullerton’s Vietnamese Student Association recruited to bring in a massive crowd at the 22nd annual Vietnamese Culture night. “When I was elected, I had a vision,” said VSA President Vu Nguyen. “My vision was to bring together the club and community in order to tie everyone together.” Vu’s vision led to VSA’s decision to host the event at Westminster’s Rose Center Theater May 7 because of its proximity to the Vietnamese community in Orange County. The main purpose of the event was to show that CSUF students support the community and have an interest in creating relationships with its members, Vu said. CSUF has, by far, the largest Vietnamese student population in the United States, and its proximity to Little Saigon makes it an ideal university for this community, Vu said. See VIETNMESE, Page 2
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IN OTHER NEWS Students network at advertising luncheon
INTERNATIONAL IMF approves $30 billion loan to Greece
GREECE – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday approved a three-year, $30 billion loan for Greece to help the debt-wracked country meet its obligations as European Union leaders scrambled to keep the crisis from spreading to other member nations. European finance ministers were meeting behind closed doors late Sunday to design new anti-contagion programs. A plan to allow euro-zone countries to access an expanded fund of $140 billion a fund originally meant for non-euro countries – has received support, according to the BBC. But a separate proposal for hundreds of billions of dollars in loan guarantees, essentially allowing euro-zone countries to quickly borrow from each other, is causing difficulties, according to reports. Concern about fiscal health in parts of Europe kept financial markets unsettled all last week, and ministers had hoped to have something announced by the time markets opened in Asia on Monday morning.
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Golf balls may be solution to oil leak in the Gulf MISSISSIPPI – Golf balls and shredded tires may be the latest solution to stop a leak spewing crude into the Gulf, a top Coast Guard official said Sunday morning. “The next tactic is going to be something they call a junk shot,” said U.S. CoastGuard Commandant Thad Allen on “Face the Nation.” “They’re actually going to take a bunch of debris, shredded up tires, golf balls and things like that and under very high pressure shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak,” Allen said. The concept has been used before but is “exotic” and Allen cautioned there were difficulties with that plan as well. It was not clear when such a plan developed by BP might be put in place.
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Small plane crashes in California leaves two dead WALNUT CREEK – Two people were killed Sunday when small plane crashed about five miles northeast of the Livermore Municipal Airport in Livermore, Calif. A preliminary investigation indicates the plane, a Piper Cherokee, hit a tree, and then crashed just 15 feet below the crest of a grassy hill off in Contra Costa County, said Sheriff ’s Lt. Eric Navarro. Foul weather consisting of rain and low clouds could have been a contributing factor, Navarro said. The Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office is currently working to notify next of kin of the two adults who were fatally injured. Dispatchers received a 911 call from someone who heard the crash about 10:30 a.m. PDT Officials from Livermore airport advised they lost contact with a small plane in its airspace about the same time. The plane took off from San Carlos Airport on Saturday and was scheduled to return there Sunday, Navarro said.
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By Allie Moiser
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An Elite Advertising luncheon was held at the Golleher Alumni House on Friday, May 7, from noon to 3 p.m., where students had the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with advertising professionals from the Los Angeles area. Representatives from the Orange County Register, Ponder Ideaworks, FUSEBOXLA, Casanova Pendrill, Orange Label and ByteLaunch attended the event. Among the discussion between students and representatives was internships, job opportunities and questions about how the representatives liked their jobs. “It was an opportunity, in a very relaxed atmosphere, to learn about the different career choices available, and to initiate the process of obtaining an internship or job,” said Robert Sage, advertising professor and faculty adviser for the Daily Titan Advertising Department and Tusk Magazine. The luncheon was exclusively for advertising students and their applications had to be accepted for them to attend the event. Students were also
asked to include their resume with their application. Sage said students were selected on the basis of their GPA (3.0 and above) and other activities associated with advertising such as being involved in the Advertising Club or the Daily Titan. “We expected their resume to reflect their advertising commitments,” Sage said. A small group of students in Sage’s COMM 451C class – which functions like an advertising agency – led by Nicole Gornall and Andy Lopez, were responsible for the planning and execution of the event. The students booked the agency representatives with help from advertising professor KuenHee Ju-Pak, taking approximately 12 weeks to plan. Advertising major Justin Burney said he liked the way the event was set up. “The event, as a whole, is such a good idea because it allows us to begin relationships and network and really gave us the opportunity to ask questions and get a feel for the type of people they (representatives) are,” Burney said. Johanness Goldberg, a senior advertising major, commented on the benefits she gained from the luncheon.
center: new haven for the children From Page 1 “They’re not designed for the purpose they’re used for,” Gibbs said. “The center needs to be in a permanent facility that supports its function, designed for use by children. The health and well-being of the whole program depends on the new construction.” The staff is looking forward to moving into the new facility. “I have as much positive anticipation as I do nervous anticipation,” Gibbs said. “It’s going to work, but everyone is going to go through a lot of changes. It’s going to benefit the kids, it’s going to benefit the parents and it’s going to benefit the teachers. They’re going to be able to work in an environment that really supports the kind of program that they’re doing.” New design elements will allow for more effective educational learning centers, Gibbs said. “The classrooms will all be connected directly to the yard because a lot of the activities are indoor/outdoor. A kitchenette will allow not just cooking projects with the children but support the type of cleanup needed after each activity. Security will also be improved. We will have a lot more control on who will be coming in and out,” Gibbs said. The staff is anxious to make their
new facility warm and inviting like the current center, which has flower gardens and rabbit coups shaded by overgrown trees. “It’s going to take quite a few years to create the homey environment in the new center. It will never be the same; we just hope we can have a lot of character and individualized touch. We don’t want it to look like an institution.” Assistant Director Bev Vargish believes that with nature embedded touches, the staff will be successful in making the new center a unique structure. “I think that one of the things that we have been careful of is attention to detail. So there are going to be design elements that make it a really special building,” Vargish said. Meanwhile, the staff hopes the new building will permit them to improve their already high quality program for young children and their families. “I’m excited for the all the new improvements that the team will experience when they move into the new facility,” said CSUF alumna Nikki McHale, who worked at the Children’s Center in 2006. “The old facility is so quaint and charming, but the new place is really going to be beneficial for everyone.”
Photo Courtesy kassia Azimioara Students speak to a representative from FUSEBOXLA at the Golleher Alumni House.
“Well, for networking purposes, it’s a great way to meet people. We could go from table to table and get to know them (the representatives) on a more personal level,” Goldberg said. Sage said that the feedback from the students and the representatives was positive. “Many of the students
mentioned it was really their first opportunity to talk to real agency professionals,” Sage said. Sage also added it was an opportunity for students to get their take on what they (representatives) are looking for in new hires, including the areas the students need to be strongly grounded.
Games: community united by event From Page 1 Servite, Rosary and Whittier Christian high schools bused over their student bodies to the Special Games, which has become their annual community service event. But for many of the students, this was not only an opportunity to complete their volunteer hours, but also provided them with a chance to interact with their peers who have special disabilities.
“I love seeing the kids smile,” said Valerie Casares, a senior at Fullerton High School. “I would like to volunteer again next year if I can.” At the end of the day, all the special athletes were awarded a 1st place blue ribbon, game-day certificate and a tshirt. “This was designed by the students to be a much more inclusive event,” Miller said. “It’s all done as a way of just having fun and celebrating who they are.”
Photo By Stephanie Yu/For the Daily Titan A clown at the Special Games event entertains a little girl on May 7.
vietnamese: night of culture explored
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Working with ASI and the Association of Inter-Cultural Awareness, VSA was able to raise the funds to book the glass-walled theater and showcase about 10 different presentations. “I liked how they pretty much hit every aspect of Vietnamese culture,” said Christy Nguyen, a member of Golden West College’s VSA. The night started out with the introduction of the Romeo and Juliet storyline that acted as a transition between the night’s colorful acts. In the play, a modernized business man’s son falls in love with a traditional Vietnamese woman. The families in the story are fighting over a piece of land in Vietnam, making their love all that harder. Ruby Nguyen, VSA board member and lead actress, was impressed by the many talents that were showcased at the event, a fact that was represented by the packed theater.
“There are a lot more people than I expected,” said Ruby, “The theater was full.” Ruby, having had experience throughout high school in dance and song groups, stood out as the star of the event with her beautiful voice and stage presence. The night was kicked off by the energetic and entertaining Lion Dance, performed by the Kim Giam Ho Lion Dance Association. Two ravenous lions danced around stage and performed aerobatic stunts while the percussion team hammered away on drums and cymbals in the background. The night was calmed down by the agile and precise hands of traditional Vietnamese musicians plucking the numerous strings of their Dan Buas, a harp-like instrument that is played horizontally. VSA put on their own performances as well, which included multiple modern dance routines and a martial arts skit. “This event brings together modern and traditional ideas,” said Thomas, the PR representative for VSA, “As well as the members of this community.” About five different CSUF organizations came together to make sure the event lived up to its long-standing reputation, Nguyen said. Even the Beta Upsilon Delta fraternity showed up in support of the VSA’s event by acting as the night’s stage crew. These fraternity brothers could be seen throughout the night carrying pianos, setting up backgrounds and tossing around props in order to keep the show moving. As soon as the performances ended, the crowd of about 400 people dashed out of the theater to get in line for the Kogi Korean – Mexican fusion taco truck. In the end, the events of the night proved the resilience of the Vietnamese culture, Ruby said.
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By Zam Anwar
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Despite the controversy surrounding the appearance of the infamous “Holocaust revisionist” Bradley Smith at Cal State Fullerton, the atmosphere was surprisingly anti-climactic as a couple dozen attendees showed up at the Alvarado room in the Titan Student Union May 6 to hear Smith speak on the topic of “The student newspaper: the question of taboo." The purpose of Smith’s appearance was to argue that the American professorial class, allied with special interest organizations, supports a taboo over the free exchange of ideas regarding the Holocaust question, and that student journalists who do not cooperate put their careers at risk. “I am not going to question the Holocaust,” Smith said, adding that he was just trying to promote a free exchange of ideas on the taboo that prohibits open debate on the issue of the Holocaust. Smith went on to address the heart of the controversy; banner advertisements that Smith’s office had been placing in several American campus newspaper websites that linked to his blog or his home page for The Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust. In April, the Daily Titan ran a similar advertisement on its website featuring only the text: “The irrational vocabulary of the American professorial class …” that linked to the full transcription of a talk Smith gave at the Tehran Holocaust conference in December 2006. The advertisement was taken down, and Smith speculated on the decisions of the editors who decided to pull the advertisement. “There’s a taboo against running such ads, (that) link to such information and such opinions,” Smith said. “But it was being advised too, by professors on campus and by special interest organizations.”
“It is my guess that there is not one professor at CSU Fullerton who would stand up in public to defend any journalist or the newspaper itself if they proceeded to publish anything that questioned the orthodox Holocaust story,” Smith said. Smith claims that after one such advertisement ran in the Harvard Crimson, the Anti-Defamation league and Hillel, the Jewish Student organization on campus, put together a 10,000 word document telling student editors and journalists why they should not pay attention to any questions raised about the orthodox Holocaust story. Smith also referred to the “irrational vocabulary of the professorial class” that he said he came across repeatedly in published reports in student newspapers in response to his advertisements. Smith claims that the professors do not address the text of his advertisements or makes any reference to what he has written or said, they choose instead to use words like “offensive,” “reprehensible,” “wholesale rejection of truth” and “a bunch of rotten goods” (among others), that there is only the attempt to “destroy the messenger,” while addressing his advertisements. “When you are under the influence of taboo and conformity which, with regards to this issue, the professorial class does suffer from, that’s the vocabulary that you use,” Smith said. “If you do not like the message on the American campus with regards to this subject, you bury it, you snuff it out, you suppress it, you censor it, you kill it and do all you can to destroy the messenger that’s how it works.” Speaking about the Holocaust, Smith said that although no one can deny that Jews suffered a catastrophe during World War II, there are aspects to the unique monstrosity of the Germans that just don’t hold up to investigation. If facts (of the Holocaust) have been established, then there should be no risks associated with students asking questions about the Holocaust, Smith said. “It is my view that it is right and good to question authority,” Smith said. “And to question vigorously, pre-
cisely those matters that authority tells you are unquestionable.” Summing up, Smith claimed that the American professorial class exploits an irrational vocabulary to respond to revisionist’s arguments questioning the orthodox Holocaust story. The decision of the American professorial class to exploit this irrational vocabulary is a deliberate decision to avoid communication with peers, students and campus newspapers, Smith said. “I’m willing to be convinced that I’m wrong about any of this, but for some reason, I’m not willing to be convinced that I should shut up,” Smith said. Rabbi Drew Kaplan, who serves for Hillel, was at the event after a student informed him about the speaker. Kaplan said that the Holocaust is a huge part of the Jewish story and to hear someone talk about it in such a way was disturbing. “At least he didn’t say he was denying the Holocaust, he said he was revising it. But even though he didn’t deny the Holocaust, it’s bizarre that he denies the gas chambers in spite of all the evidence for them,” said Kaplan, adding that it is still disturbing to the Jewish psyche because the Holocaust was not only bad in the numbers of people who were systematically murdered but also in terms of the destruction of European Jewish culture. “It remains in the Jewish memory,” Kaplan said. Grant Deering, chair of the TSU governing board, said that most people at the talk expected a “crazy” guy, but Smith actually stuck to the topic that he said he would. “He was asking students to be academic on a topic,” Deering said. “But again, he was asking them to be academic on a topic that was, as he said, controversial.” Deering also commented that the low student turnout also had something to do with the general apathy that affects most events on campus.
By Cort Tafoya
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
The nation’s ideological divide might not be affecting as many Americans as you think. The most recent polling shows that 40 percent of the voting electorate now considers themselves independent – a stunning rebuke for the country’s two major political parties. On top of that, four out of five Americans say they no longer trust the government. The state of California is on the verge of electing its next governor. The front-runners are Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman. However, more than ever before, Californians will be looking toward third party candidates. Their platforms are outside the mainstream, but many think challenging times such as these call for fresh voices and new ideas. The following are some of the parties with growing followings in California. Libertarian Party: Typically, libertarians advocate abolishing inefficient government agencies, unnecessary taxes and government regulation. If you’re in favor of true free-market capitalism and the legalization of marijuana, this party may be right for you. “Libertarians are what we call economically conservative and socially liberal. That is, they want less government involvement in both the economy and social affairs,” said political science professor Matthew Jarvis. Representing the Libertarians in the governor’s race is Dale Ogden. “We need to roll back the excessive salaries and bloated pensions for state employees,” Ogden has said of the state, adding, “We need to abolish useless and harmful state licensing and regulatory agencies and repeal thousands of useless and often harmful regulations, creating a rational, business-friendly state and abolish the state, personal and corporate income taxes and capital gains taxes.”
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photo Courtesy Mct Sacramento mayoral candidate Kevin Johnson fills out a ballot at another California election.
on their millions and billions than they did 20 to 30 years ago,” Wells said. Peace and Freedom Party: “Peace and Freedom is also quite liberal, and more across-the-board than Greens (who are almost single-issue). Of these three, they are much smaller and less consequential,” Jarvis said. The Peace and Freedom Party has also called itself the Socialist Party of America. Representing them in the California Governors race is Stewart Alexander. Alexander wrote in November of 2009 that he supported students who were protesting budget cuts in higher education. “The Socialist Party USA stands in solidarity with the (UC) student – Justin Tucker protesters. Higher education should political science professor not be treated as a commodity, whose price is determined than he is environmental,” Jarvis by supply and demand.” Statistics and history, however, said. Representing the Greens in Cali- show that the likelihood of victory fornia’s race for governor is Laura for these candidates is small. “Third parties always act as spoilWells. “The disparity between the super- ers in our electoral system. They draw rich and the rest of us is growing. votes from disenchanted voters who While average Californians struggle generally vote symbolically against to make ends meet in a climate of the status quo. Don’t get me wrong, scarce jobs and decimated public I like third parties, they just aren’t efservices, the wealthiest citizens of ficient in our system,” said political our state contribute far less in taxes science professor Justin Tucker. Green Party: The Green Party is anti-corporation and socially liberal. They believe the government should provide social services to promote economic justice. They also believe that humans must interact with the environment based on the understanding that they are a part of nature. “Greens are typically quite liberal. While the primary focus of the party is environmental, Ralph Nader was the Green candidate for president, and he is much more anti-corporate
Third parties always act as spoilers in our electoral system. They draw votes from disenchanted voters who generally vote symbolically against the status quo. Don’t get me wrong, I like third parties, they just aren’t efficient in our system.
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Holocaust revisionist speaks at the Titan Student Union
Third party candidates gain popularity
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Grads to celebrate their diversity and degrees By Kelsey Layne
For The Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com
Cal State Fullerton’s Multicultural Leadership Center will host the 6th annual Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Lavender Pride Recognition Ceremony in the Titan Student Union’s Pavilion A at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13. One of five cultural graduation ceremonies hosted by the MLC, the LGBT Pride ceremony provides an opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered graduating students to celebrate their accomplishments with friends, family and the CSUF community. “At Cal State Fullerton, we’re about advocacy and creating a safe environment promoting diversity and reaching specific social identities,” Jerald Adamos, graduate assistant to the MLC said. What sets this particular ceremony apart from the other four is the fact that sexual orientation is not an ethnic culture, and thus not recruited as easily as Asian and Pacific Islander, Chicano and Latino, Pan African and Philipino American ceremonies. According to Adamos, recruitment for participants for LGBT is gained through word of mouth and postings on the student portal. “I think it’s a great thing that (the LGBT community) can participate in the cultural graduation ceremonies,” said Jason Sibucao, 21, Asian American Studies junior and LGBT ally. “Even though the LGBT community is not an ethnic cultural, they are still a minority at the school. They deserve to celebrate graduation and have support from the school just like the others.” This year’s ceremony is expected to be the largest yet, with 22 participants
and 80 to 100 guests. Each consecutive ceremony has had a larger turnout than the last. This year’s keynote speaker is Kristin Beals, a CSUF psychology professor and co-chair of the LGBT Faculty and Staff Association. Beals has been with the Lavender Working group for four years. “At CSUF, there are high levels of administrative care and support of diversity and it’s important that all forms of diversity is accepted,” Beals said. “Many students are struggling with a lack of acceptance at home, at work and at churches, and this is a good place to feel safe and accepted.” This year’s ceremony is themed “Education and Unity,” and to tie education to the LGBT community a timeline was constructed, highlighting various momentous events such as legal cases, publications of literature and even President Barack Obama’s signing of the “Matthew Shepard Act” expanding on hate-crimes. Those dates will decorate the walls of Pavilion A to show that LGBT issues are gaining momentum and to bring awareness through education to CSUF. During the “recognition of the graduates” portion of the ceremony the graduating students receive a lavender colored stole to be worn at the graduation procession, a rainbow tassel and a commemorative bracelet. The students will also be given an opportunity to say a few words, share feelings or just offer a simple “thank you” to their support systems. Participation for the ceremony is for graduating students and RSVP only, and although the official deadline has passed, it is not too late to RSVP by contacting the MLC. Guests do not need to RSVP. “This is a time for the students to celebrate their achievements,” Beals said.
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Have you ever had a curious child ask you broad questions such as “Why is your hair black and mine brown?” The obvious thing to do would explain with a rudimentary lesson in genetics. Then the child continues to ask “why?” to every explanation until you have given a college level thesis of human genetics. In the end, there is no pleasing the child until they have exhausted your will and are distracted by another topic. I would argue that the “birthers,” a group of people who question Obama’s legitimacy as a “natural born citizen,” are the children in this analogy, and Obama is the disgruntled, tired, overworked, and yet, still willing adult. Since 2008, the “birthers” have been arguing Obama’s natural born citizenship, believing that he was born in Kenya. In response to repeated document requests from Hawaii’s Health Department and allegations, with Obama’s permission, the birth certificate was uploaded to the internet for all the world to see (only the certification “no.” was blacked out), in 2008. This was still not enough. Like any conspiracy theorist, reams of internet users have analyzed every pixel of that uploaded image to find any fault or discrepancy to prove that it is a fake. And although they have found what they think is evidence, Hawaii has stated that the scan is legitimate. Even the director of the of Hawaii State Department
Re: Holocaust to be questioned on campus Article printed May 6, 2010
Photo Courtesy MCT Barack Obama birth certificate supplied by the Obama for President campaign.
of Health has come out in saying “I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of the Hawaii State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen.” Still, the “birthers” persist. They have gone so far as to forge a Kenyan birth certificate in August 2009, according to Snopes.com. Even if Obama were to come out and show the public his official birth certificate, both risking iden-
tity fraud and potentially making it possible for document request laws to be altered, the “birthers” would most likely question that document as well. That is, in the end, the problem with all extremists and conspiracy theorists. They are children striving to get to the heart of a matter, which ultimately doesn’t change anything. No matter what, that child’s hair will stay brown, and Obama is the President of the United States. And as president he has a job to do other than cater to the “birthers’” requests.
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To allow an idiot like this speak on a university/ college campus is not only an insult to the students but a statement about the board that they would allow under the guise of free speech this trash to be given oxygen to breath. Why doesn’t the college allow speakers to talk about nonsense like: The U.S. belongs to the British. The second World War never happened. Man never landed on the moon. The French Revolution never happened. How sad would it be if the media and schools allowed this trash to be continually espoused under the guise of free speech. Eventually, we would all end up believing this trash because we were not there at the time it occurred to disprove it. This is a slippery slope to allow trash like this be “passively endorsed” by our schools of higher learning. - Clive To deny someone the right to speak on the basis that you do not like what he says sets a terrible and repressive precident. I am quite sure that no one on campus supports this speaker’s point of view, but to bar him from speaking begs the question: who will be barred next? Unfortunately (and fortunately), allowing diverse opinions to be shared opens the door to the fringe and sometimes perverse. I would hope that we are able to use our intellect and judgement to differentiate between the valid and the inane. No one needs to protect the campus community from the horror of diverse opinions. Kudos to the TSU and ASI for standing up to the “thought police” who say “you have no rights here.” I am pleased that all viewpoints can be shared and not censored. I cannot think of a better embodiment of the principles upon which this country was founded. - Miranda Truth needs no laws to support it. Truth does not fear re-examination. Truth does not shun questions. Truth survives doubt. Throughout history, from Galileo to Zundel, only lies and liars have resorted to the courts to enforce adherence to dogma.
If speech has limits, than it is not free. - PeterK Whether some find it offensive or not, who is so afraid of speech that may fall out of the mainstream of opinion? Obviously Bradley Smith has done a considerable amount of research on the topic and though many may find his conclusions in error, or even obnoxiously offensive, what exactly do people fear so much from a little scrutiny on a controversial and important topic? From what little I know of “Holocaust” revisionists and skeptics, few, if any come even close to claiming no Jews were killed or mistreated during WWII. They simply question the orthodoxy, the statistics (number of dead), methods and veracity of whether this was all a meticulously planned genocidal program, or simply a horrible, tragedy that has gotten hideously distorted and exaggerated by propaganda, politics and time. Whether any of that is true or not, I don’t know. But what is so problematic about discussion of history … any history? If people disgaree then join in and debate the speaker or simply ignore him – what is it some seem to fear so much? It would seem the hysterical over-reaction to people like Mr. Smith just adds ammunition to his assertions that some fear the “truths” he has uncovered. - Hank And so what? People, you have only one problem, and that is that you believe everything you see on television if it’s put in a historical context. This man isn’t a Holocaust denier at all kiddies, he’s a Holocaust Revisionist. Let me break it down for you. Smith, like many other people, have looked at historical facts in an objective way and questioned the fictional parts of it that our Jewish friends in the media, like Steven Spielberg, like to put in their movies, which you go and buy an $8.50 ticket and sit through to be happily indoctrinated, thereby funding further fictional tales of the Holocaust. I would write more, but will leave it as it is for the moment, but if you reply, I will reciprocate. -Denier or Revisionist?
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May 10, 2010
“Observing teen culture so you don’t have to”
The life and times of a grocery clerk Every time I go to the grocery store, there is always some sad kid bagging tampons and grapefruit, looking very close to suicide. Every single one of the teenagers I find drifting through the aisles of frozen peas and potato chips, stocking bean dip and water chestnuts, look about four seconds away from armed robbery and aggravated assault. Now, these aren’t merely speculations. I myself worked at a Ralphs Grocery in Tustin when I was a young lass looking for gas money and a nice fat checking account, and can honestly say that I would rather cut grass with tweezers for a living than ever ask a housewife if she wanted paper or plastic again. “Hogwash!” you may say. “Collecting carts and bagging canned soup seems like a fine way to save money for college. It isn’t very mentally stimulating, but what can you expect as a teenager with no prior work experience?” You make a fine point hypothetical skeptic, but may I list a few reasons why a summer job as a “courtesy clerk” is a fate worse than eternal hellfire? Okay, I may be exaggerating a little, but working at a grocery store is a lot more painful than it needs to be. Here’s why: Management Yes, yes, I know, managers are supposed to be unbearable just about everywhere, but there is a special breed that has resigned themselves to pre-
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I walked in on four teenagers having a four-some in the Barnes & Noble bathroom. – Ashleigh Johnson, Copy Editor
“ Graphic and Photo Courtesy MCT Meijer grocery express personal shopper, Katie Dunow, loads groceries for Kathy Green in Geneva, Illinois, on Friday, March 26, 2010.
Co-workers Do you ever wonder why it’s so easy to get a job at a supermarket? Sure, it’s wonderful when you’re hurting for cash, but didn’t it strike you as odd that they only asked for a valid social security number and a urine sample before they put you to work? This means that anyone with opposable thumbs and a pulse will be working alongside you, with absolutely no filter. If you’ve ever sat with your head in your hands on a bus, praying for your stop, as a kid wearing eyeliner and a Dora the Explorer party hat flicks boogers at the back of your neck, be ready to work with him at Albertsons from 7-4 Monday through Thursday, until you find a real job. Oh, and he’ll be showing up sans deodorant. Train him.
Incentive This is possibly the most important reason that working for a Piggly Wiggly should be considered cruel and unusual punishment. All of the aforementioned horrors can be ignored with the proper incentive. It’s why waitresses are so nice and salespeople generally seem genuinely interested in your wants and needs – they’re getting paid for it. If you receive truly outstanding service from a barista, you drop a dollar in the tip jar for going above and beyond. If the mattress salesman sells a ton of pillows this month, he might receive a raise or a promotion (on top of commission). What does a bag boy get when he spends six hours scrubbing floors, blowing up balloons for screaming children, stocking shelves, facing products and being the fastest ca-
shier in the county? Nothing.He’s making just as much as booger boy, who hasn’t been seen in hours. Most unions forbid clerks from accepting tips, management rarely recognizes extra effort and the teenager who just stacked a can of beans on your salt and vinegar chips is leaving the minute his punch card lets him, with a minimum wage check (minus union dues) in his pocket and a heart full of contempt and hatred for the company that has forsaken him. The worst part is that it’s creating an inferior product. When you go to the grocery store, you expect everyone working there to be miserable. They may smile and look busy for the district manager when he visits, but you can see the lack of hope in their eyes as they scan your club card and ask you in a cold, unfeeling voice, “Paper or plastic?”
I was asked to clean the bathroom at McDonalds. When I walked in there was a piece of crap plastered to the mirror. Oddly enough it kept its form. I declined my managers request. – Don Stefanovich, News Editor
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While working at Hollister, I had a woman throw a red Slurpee at me because I wouldn’t give her an extra bag.
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I had to clean crap off the floor of a Best Buy in front of the television section. I think the kid got scared or something.
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siding over the fluorescent purgatory that is the American supermarket. These are the heavily perfumed and/ or clip-on tie-wearing high school dropouts whose sole responsibility seems to be barking orders at those beneath them, sitting atop adorned thrones of wasted online college classes and superiority complexes. This wouldn’t be so infuriating if it weren’t for their constant desire to validate themselves as the “boss” by disrespecting the lowly proletariat beneath them. The only upside? The chances of them moving up are slim, so the baggers of yesteryear are the demanding customers of tomorrow. Which brings me to … Customers Capitalism has served me pretty well so far. For the most part, a competitive market has gotten me a better product for a lower price (This doesn’t count for underwear shopping). One of the most evil things the free market has done however, is create the modern customer. This is the hideous creature that believes they are the center of the consuming universe, encouraged, of course, by the ever-accommodating market. Refuse to grovel and bust your ass for one person while the line for your service wraps around the block? It’s okay. They’ll go somewhere else that will. Rudeness is tolerated with a sea of smiles, and no request is ever too demeaning or ridiculous to be denied. The humiliating and the tedious are expected, and mutual respect is out of the question. Even if you’ll be signing their paychecks in a few years, they are the superiors now. And they know it.
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Kids These Days
Daily Titan Staff’s worst moments in the service industry
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May 10, 2010
Softball loses last How ‘sweep’ it is: Titans conquer UCR homestand to LBSU Baseball wins its eighth consecutive series with a 21-run weekend
By James Gobee
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
Photos By Camille Tarazon/Daily Titan Staff Writer Titan Head Coach Dave Serrano talks to sophomore pitcher Noe Ramirez and his infielders during their 6-4 win on May 7.
anniversary of the 1995 NCAA Champion Titan baseball team by sports@dailytitan.com inviting all their members back to Goodwin Field. Junior right hander Daniel RenCal State Fullerton backed up its ken took the ball in game two, and, recent entry into the nation’s top 10 just like his last six starts, he was teams by sweeping UC Riverside lights out, giving up one run on five this past weekend and extending its hits, before he was shut out of the Big West lead with dominant pitch- game due to a campus-wide power ing and a relentless offense. outage that forced the game to be “I’m very proud of what we ac- resumed Sunday at noon. complished this weekend. (RiverThe Titan offense was crushing the side’s) a good team that were right ball before the power went out, with on our tails and to sweep them is junior center fielder Gary Brown huge. Riverside notoriously has had and sophomore right fielder Tyler some success against us either here Pill both hitting solo home runs in or there, and it was a long day but it the first inning and junior shortstop didn’t seem like a long day because Christian Colon hit a two-run single we had a lot of success in many dif- in the second. ferent areas,” said Titan Head Coach Sophomore first baseman Nick Dave Serrano. Ramirez also had two RBIs when The Titans (30-14, 15-3) earned he hit a double in the fifth inning to a 6-4 victory in cap off a four-run Friday night’s inning to extend (May 7) contest, the lead to 8-1. scoring two runs Renken (8-2) in the first two earned the vicinnings en route tory but was reto outlasting lieved by sophothe Highlanders more righty powerful offense – Dylan Floro Colin O’Connell, to win their third who pitched four freshman pitcher straight Friday innings to close game. out the game for Sophomore a 9-1 victory. righty Noe Ramirez returned to the Sunday’s game was more of the mound Friday after missing three same for the Titans, as the offense starts, and pitched six strong in- gave them an early lead. The Titans nings, giving up three runs on seven earned the sweep, 6-0. hits, and improved to 7-2, winning Freshman righty Dylan Floro, six of his last seven starts. who started his second career game, Before Saturday’s game, the ath- pitched a complete game shutout, letics department honored the 15th giving up six hits and fanning two, By Nicholas fortes
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I came out today, felt good and finished the job this Sunday. It feels good.
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Sophomore first baseman Nick Ramirez drives the ball with all his strength on May 7.
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to earn his fourth win of the season. “It feels good I had my last start Sunday, my first start, I came out today felt good and finished the job this Sunday. It feels good,” Floro said. Freshman designated hitter Carlos Lopez hit a two-run homerun in the first, and an RBI double in the fifth on the tenth pitch of the at bat to lead the Titans with three RBIs. “He had me at two strikes, I was just trying to go up the middle, wait back, he threw me another changeup, after I looked bad on the pitch before, and I just stayed back and those are my usual homeruns, one handed, changeups in front I just stayed on it,” Lopez said. Brown hit his second home run of the series with a two-run shot in the seventh to give the Titans a 6-0 lead to win their eighth series. Since the Titans started their season 7-9, the Titans have won 23 of 28, and 12 of their last 13, and playing the way they were predicted to play by top baseball news outlets around the country. “It starts with the pitching, and I thought the pitching did a tremendous job this week, especially after last Sunday’s debacle, or working hard and doing what we do and it showed; we weren’t perfect but we had some good outings,” Serrano said. The Titans return to the field May 12 at 3 p.m. to face Pepperdine for the third time this season. The Waves shut out CSUF 6-0 in the opening weekend but The Titans came back to win 12-5 April 20 at Goodwin Field.
The Titans celebrated senior right fielder Kadie Baldwin and senior second baseman Sheila Holguin for their achievements at Cal State Fullerton’s “Senior Day” on Sunday at Anderson Family Field, before the rubber match against Long Beach State. Titan Head Coach Michelle Gromacki said that she always saw Baldwin as a silent leader. “She never talked much but she was a great example to the other players and I always wanted the other team to hit it to right field,” Gromacki said. Holguin played numerous positions which Gromacki believes may have ended up hurting her in the end, not having a starting position. “Wherever something was needed we could use her. She had a great attitude with it, and it was a pleasure to be around,” Gromacki said. Before the opening pitch Baldwin and Holguin’s career stats and their successes were announced as the Titan home crowd said goodbye to both seniors. Six LBSU seniors were also announced as a home field courtesy. On Saturday, the Titans and the 49ers squared off in a doubleheader that was televised on ESPNU. In the first game, neither team scored until the seventh inning. The 49ers scored four runs and the Titans came up short, only mustering up three runs in the first game. In the first inning of the second game, the Titans scored three runs thanks to sophomore designated player Morgan LeMond. The Titans continued to score against the 49ers splitting the series with one win apiece. With freshman shortstop Gabby Aragon on first, LeMond jacked her third home run of the season, down the left field line to put the Titans up 3-0 in the bottom of the first. “We were tired of what was happening and realized that we had to hit the ball,” LeMond said. “Once things started off we just kept going.” The Titans continued to let loose on the 49ers in the bottom of the third adding two more runs. LBSU could only collect one run at the end of the game for a 5-1 Titan victory. The rubber match to decide the series winner, Sunday, left the Titans extremely miserable. “We came out horrible,” Gromacki said. “Every day you don’t know what you’re going to get from this team. They’re not playing for the love of the game and play hard every single time like they should.”
photo By joy kuhns/For the Daily Titan Junior first baseman K.C. Craddick runs to catch a fly ball against LBSU, May 8.
The 49ers’ presence started early as they scored one run in the first inning. The Titans tried to match up defensively, but allowed their opponents to get three more runs in the next two innings. In the bottom of the third inning a single, by junior third baseman Nicole Johnson, allowed junior center fielder Torrie Anderson to score from third base. A wild pitch by 49er junior pitcher Brooke Turner enabled the runner on third, freshman left fielder Ashley Carter, to score, 4-2. Freshman catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama threw out the runner leading off first and wrapped up the top of
the sixth inning. The 49ers added to their lead yet again at the top of the seventh as senior second baseman Jodi Nakawatase hit a laser that hit junior pitcher Ari Cervantes allowing sophomore pinch-runner Megan Denio to score. The 49ers’ last ups made it extremely difficult for the Titans to come back four runs, down 6-2. The Titans play their last series of the season May 15-16 as they head to Cal State Northridge for a doubleheader on Saturday at noon. “We’re hoping that we can turn it around and end the season on a high note,” Baldwin said. “I will still come back and support Fullerton.”
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May 10, 2010
The Walk-Off: ‘Halos’ are struggling By Brian Whitehead
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
Maybe I’ve been spoiled. Come to think of it, maybe all us 20-something Angels fans have been spoiled to a certain extent. A 2002 World Series banner, playoff berths in six of the last eight years, six 90plus win seasons since the turn of the century, productive free agents, successful trades, great giveaways – the works. For the last decade, the Angels have enjoyed the yearly success some teams can only dream about. Magnificent ownership and general managing have worked together brilliantly to put a quality product on the field every night, and the results speak for themselves. So yeah, maybe as a 21-year-old Angels fan, I’ve been coddled a little too much. I’ll be the first to admit I haven’t had to endure half the frustration and disappointment tenured fans have over the years. I don’t wear the franchise-worst 95-loss seasons of 1968 and 1980, the 94-loss season of 1974,
Donnie Moore’s tragic downfall, the Mo Vaughn Experiment, the Dick Williams years. Still, that’s not to say I haven’t seen my share of personnel and management mishaps over the last decade. I vividly remember the absurd Steve Finley/Gary Matthews Jr. signings, the Dallas McPherson catastrophe, the Tim Salmon contract controversy, Troy Glaus’ demise, Game Two of the ’05 ALCS (the A.J. Pierzynski “strike out” game), Bartolo Colon’s refusal to eat anything that wasn’t “super-sized” in ’06 and ’07, the mind-boggling Orlando Cabrera/Jon Garland trade, the first round embarrassments in ’07 and ’08 and Brian Fuentes vs. A-Rod in the ’09 ALCS. That’s not to mention the tragic death of Nick Adenhart or the front office’s refusal to let any of their fans know what was going on this past offseason. All this aside, I’m hoping I don’t have to add the 2010 season to the list. The Angels enter each season highly-touted by the media as a “fundamentally-sound ball club” that’s expected to blow by the incumbent
challenger in the AL West, repeating the previous year’s success. Benefactors of a less-than-stellar division, in the last handful of years the Halos have come out particularly slow in comparison to preseason expectations. Never quite sure of what it truly was, I’d always attribute it to ill-timed injuries to key players. Outright panic never broke out, but it was always there, like a slowlyinflating balloon. Fortunately, “Player X” would come back and rejuvenate a struggling team with an intensity that couldn’t be generated from scratch. For some reason, I can’t shake the feeling that this year’s slow start is the effect of something else. Certainly, the Angels have the consistency at manager that’s needed to win on a yearly basis, however, coaches can only do so much. At some point, the players on the field need to produce. In addition to the other things I’ve noticed about this year’s squad, something stands out above everything else: Brandon Wood’s transition to the majors hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. I was always down
on Wood for the simple fact I tend to favor veterans over prospects. I always thought the Angels could package Wood with some combination of draft pick/aging veteran to get an established player that could help right away (a la the New York Yankees)/ Unfortunately, that never happened so, I, just like every Angels fan, needed to wait and see what Wood was capable of. When the Angels didn’t re-sign Chone Figgins this offseason, Wood was finally given ample time to showcase the talents that made him the Angels’ top prospect. It’s only been a little over a month and, obviously, no concrete conclusions can be made at this point, but from what I’ve seen, it’s not looking good for Woody. A sub-.200 batting average and on-base percentage, two home runs, five RBI and 30 strikeouts in just over 90 at-bats, not exactly lights-out. Wood’s struggles wouldn’t be as discouraging if highly-praised prospects Jason Heyward and Austin Jackson hadn’t lived up to their billing right away. You know what, maybe I’ve just been a little too impatient.
photo courtesy MCT Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Jered Weaver throws against the Seattle Mariners.
Once a trouble maker, always a trouble maker By fred bloom
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
photo courtesy flickr/shgmom56 Former New York Giants’ linebacker Lawrence Taylor looks at his score card during a game of golf. Taylor was arrested and charged with third-degree rape of a minor.
A few short weeks ago, Lawrence Taylor sat at Radio City Music Hall in New York for the NFL Draft, seemingly a happy man. Now, 12 years sober, he was sideby-side his wife, preparing to be honored as one of the 10 best draft picks of all time and eager to talk about his first love: football. The draft must feel like a lifetime ago for Taylor. He was arrested last week in Rockland County, N.Y. and charged with third-degree rape and soliciting prostitution in a case involving a 16-year-old girl. According to court documents, Taylor agreed to pay $300 for a hooker. The accuser, being referred to simply as “C.F.,” was delivered to Taylor by Rasheed Davis. Davis forced the girl to to tell Taylor that she was 19 and threatened her via text message.
The girl sustained facial injuries, which Taylor said she already had when she came to the room. Taylor was released on $75,000 bail, but he is now subject to the court system. Anytime a 51-year-old celebrity is involved with a minor, it is shocking. But, sadly, nothing Taylor does is surprising anymore. For those who only remember Taylor from his seven-week run on “Dancing With The Stars,” he was once an NFL superstar, waltzing his way to 132.5 career sacks in 13 seasons with the New York Giants. Search YouTube for “L.T. Joe Theismann” to see the viciousness he played with. Think Shawne Merriman on steroids ... or crack. Though he was an electric player on the field, his off-field issues often overshadowed his abilities. L.T. entered drug rehab in 1986, was suspended four games for cocaine use in 1988 and charged with drunk driving in 1989. He would later admit
to blowing off drug tests and sleeping with prostitutes on nights before games. Taylor continued to have problems when his playing career was over. He received five years probation for tax evasion and filing false tax returns in 2000. He was convicted of carrying drug paraphernalia in 2001. L.T. was supposed to be gone. The new Taylor was supposed to be different. His image had already changed dramatically. He said he was sober and no longer involved with drugs. He participated in “Dancing With The Stars” and made several television appearances on NFL-related programs. He stayed out of trouble by playing golf. He was happy. Maybe his new image was just that; an image put on only to get rid of the demons and judgements that filled his past and marred his present. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident in 2009, in a case that is
still pending. Although a minor incident, it showed that Taylor’s constant run-ins with the law are not a thing of the past. Even if Taylor is not guilty of rape, he did order a hooker. He is obviously not the family man he was trying to portray to the media. This would be a much different story if it involved someone with a clean, wholesome image, like Peyton Manning. That would be a shock. But some people just stay in trouble and Taylor is one of those people. The old L.T. spent much of his adult life getting into trouble, but nothing he ever faced was this bad. At least the old LT was only hurting himself. Now, he could be facing four years in prison, the maximum sentence for third-degree rape. Taylor claims that he did not have sex with the girl and it appears a case will come down to “he said, she said.” Jurors will be left choosing between two sets of initials: L.T. or C.F.